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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Russia	Congo - Kinshasa	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	147,218	51,181	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	146,600	52,782	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	145,980	54,453	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	145,310	56,170	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	144,652	57,860	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	144,071	59,599	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	143,522	61,474	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	143,053	63,479	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	142,809	65,590	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	142,746	67,800	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	142,789	70,114	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	142,853	72,550	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	142,964	75,138	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	143,205	77,792	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	143,510	80,534	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	146,094	83,368	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	146,410	86,229	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	146,678	89,193	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	146,846	92,209	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	146,834	95,232	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	146,768	98,320	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	146,463	101,499	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	145,849	104,767	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	146,693	108,171	295

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.